The event was a super cool success, mainly because everybody that had braved the heavy storm to get there were so genuinely appreciative of the trip back in time that was so carefully planned out by Chris Penn with the support of Rhino Records. Cindy and I enjoyed seeing familiar faces and meeting n...

"Strangely enough, no clear answer came on the question if there would be a new ACG album "soon"..." I think the old saying "Once bitten, twice shy" applies here. Over the decades, there have been several occasions when rumors have circulated about another original Alice Cooper album. And there have...

Hi Dennis do you know if there’s a full audio of your performance? If so do you have a copy and might it ever see the light of day? We saw the entire performance in the "rushes" (raw footage) and loved it. The song ended in a complete white out of feathers, and when that settled the cameras kept ro...

Studios have their own sound qualities due to room acoustics and equipment more than expense. Muscle Shoals isn't fancy but it sure sounds great. Most of Billion Dollar Babies was recorded in a recording studio truck but the Galesi Estate had many rooms with a variety of acoustics from a small woode...

Rhino and Warner make all of the re-issue decisions based on what they estimate as profitable. You're right in thinking they consider how well previous re-issues have sold. Collectively, fans have way more say than I do. The popularity of vinyl has created a long line at pressing facilities which ef...

We had most of the album recorded but we wanted a great opening song for the record and for the show. So, Bob brought in a demo. It was just an acoustic guitar and singer, probably the writer Rolf Kempf. I didn't know Judy Collins had covered it, and hadn't herd that until years later. We liked the ...

I once wrote a song called "Rockin' in The U.S.A." which I admit isn't remotely off the beaten path, but I was excited about what I thought were fairly clever lyrics incorporating all of the originators of Rock and Roll. I got Neal to play it with me at a rehearsal. I think Alice and Kane Roberts we...

It's natural for a new song to remind people of the similarity to a song they're already familiar with. That often dissipates upon further listenings. And like Michael Bruce used to say, there are only so many notes in an octave. As a songwriter, sometimes inspiration is influenced subliminally as i...

Artistic expression should come from the heart but I'm sure that AI is here to stay.

Years ago I composed a group of "sound-collages" that are midi-files. They were intended to be the soundtrack for a video game, but even though the game had a great futuristic theme, the programming never got off the ground. And now the sound collages are stuck in an old computer that needs repair i...

It used to be popular to say to someone, I'll see you in the funny papers. Well, here I am.
I'm honored to be mentioned in this iconic comic strip, especially among such notable bassists.

Yes, it is like choosing one child over another. And in some cases, it's also like comparing apples to oranges. The closest Alice Cooper ever came to playing albums in their entirety live was Pretties For You, Love It to Death, and Killer (although Si's Setlists section may show differently.) The su...

Can you tell us more about the Dallas trip? I presume it's at Good Records, right? I've looked, but I can't find any info online. Chris Penn and Rhino records are organizing it. That's all I know, but that's all I needed to know for me to accept the invitation. I'm sure Chris will make a detailed a...

As always, the creative ideas - bass parts, guitar parts, lyrics, melodies, and arrangements - are all in full swing. The only thing that's quiet is the business elements, but as long as the music continues to excite me, I have to believe that something good will happen when the time is right. Meanw...

As for remembering the on-stage show at Wembley, I just recall feeling privileged to play there. I remember more vividly that we were backstage and Iggy Pop showed up and the conversation immediately turned to Detroit. After our show, we all wound up back at our hotel with Iggy in tow. Hi Dennis, I...

By the time we got to Wembley, we had already toured Killer in America while writing and recording School's Out. So, what fans think of as the Killer era was actually the School's Out era for the band. I don't recall the exact set list for Wembley but I'd say it's likely that we were itching to star...

In 1972 , my little 14 year old self discovered “the bass guitar” , thanks to two bass players who exposed me the the sheer thrill and excitement of just what could be done on a bass - a love that remains to this day . I’ve been fortunate to see most of the big names , from Stanley Clarke to John E...

Thanks, everybody. Have you heard? 77 is the new 18!

I guess Poison had the same effect on me as it had on most other people. It's a great song and I like it.

Glen was truly unique in that he would come up with a structured idea yet leave tons of room for spontaneous invention, usually with the opening notes being planed and the rest improvised. "I'm Eighteen" varies from performance to performance yet maintains a degree of structure. "Living" is an examp...